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By | September 14, 2009, 11:17am UTC - Teachers excessed at closing schools can’t help out at the new schools in the same buildings. (Post)
- Bus routes for special education students are not running smoothly at the start of this year. (Post)
- Mayor Bloomberg’s latest campaign leaflet attacks Bill Thompson’s education record. (Daily News)
- The city is laying plans to seek new Snapple-esque sponsors for school sports. (Daily News)
- In old news, students can miss most questions on the state math and reading tests and still pass. (Times)
- The aggressive changes Michelle Rhee wanted in the D.C. contract aren’t likely. (Washington Post)
- Questions asked and answered about the city’s earliest black principals. (Times)
- Schools Chancellor Joel Klein isn’t the only BrickBreaker addict out there. (Times)
- Parents are contemplating how old is old enough for kids to walk to school alone. (Times)
- The Post comes down hard on protesters at PS 123, likening them to segregationists.
- Many school districts are cutting foreign language instruction in the face of shrinking budgets. (Times)
- Teachers in a Washington State school district have been on strike for two weeks over class sizes. (AP)
- Jay Mathews calls for retesting at D.C. schools where test results raised red flags. (Washington Post)